Urban Experience and Design: Contemporary Perspectives on Improving the Public Realm

ISBN-13: 9780367435554 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 230 str.

Ann Sussman; Justin Hollander

Opis

Embracing a biological and evolutionary perspective to explain the human experience of place, Urban Experience and Design explores how cognitive science and biometric tools provide an evidence-based foundation for architecture and planning.

Spis treści

Introduction: The 21st-Century Paradigm Shift in Architecture and Planning  Section 1: Historical and Theoretical Foundations of Architecture and Planning  1 Sense of Place: Looking Backward to Go Forward?  2 Classic Planning: The Power of Beauty for Human Architecture and Planning  3 Bonding with Beauty: The Connection Between Facial Patterns, Design and Our Well-Being  4 Neuroscience Experiments to Verify the Geometry of Healing Environments: Proposing a Biophilic Healing Index of Design and Architecture  Section 2: Twenty-First-Century Tools: Biometrics and Measuring the Human Experience of Place  5 Identifying Biophilic Design Elements in Streetscapes: A Study of Visual Attention and Sense of Place  6 Exploring Eye-Tracking Technology: Assessing How the Design of Densified Built Environments Can Promote Inhabitants' Well-Being  7 Attention and Focus in the Perception of Persian Architecture  Section 3 Explorations of the New Paradigm for Urban Experience and Design 8 Cognitive Mapping, Mobility Technologies and the Decoupling of Imageability and Accessibility  9 Emerging Transport Futures for Streets and How Eye Tracking Can Help Improve Safety and Design  10 Ecoempathetic Design: Moving Beyond Biophilia With Brain Science  11 Exploring Urban Form Through OpenStreetMap Data: A Visual Introduction  12 A Device-Free Mapping Approach for Quantifying User Activities in Indoor Environments  13 Being Seen, Feeling Heard: Designing Intimate-Scaled Spaces on Urban College Campuses  Conclusion: Understanding Ourselves Better Reframes Architecture and Planning